Wednesday, March 27, 2013

atomic coffee cup

I call this cup my "atomic cup" because it depicts
some atomic bombs going off. The picture is by a cartoonist named Gary Larson
who did the Far Side series of cartoons.But in the radiation field of work it use to be joked that in the event
of atomic attack the best thing to do was to go fishing (just like the scene on
the coffee mug).No joke. Why go fishing? In radiation protection the golden rules for
protection from radiation are Time, Shielding, and Distance.

1.TIME-If any
fallout sprinkles down out of the sky and lands on you, just jump into the
water to wash it off (decontamination).This keeps the TIME that the fallout is on you to a minimum.

2.SHIELDING-Radioactive
fallout which sprinkles down from the sky and lands on the water will sink to
the bottom of the lake and all of that water will supply SHIELDING from the
radioactive material that sank to the bottom.

3. DISTGANCE-If you row the boat to the
middle of the lake you are a long DISTANCE from any of the radioactive fallout
on shore.

Would going fishing really
work?I don't know but let's hope that
we never have to find out.

By the way this is also a
favorite cup that I have bearing a Gary Larson cartoon.

Now wouldn't this be a quite
a trick to play.I can just imagine the
fear and shock the poor individual would have had when his friend popped the
bag.

I saw Olympus Has Fallen
starring Morgan Freedman.It had a lot
of action in it.I mean lots and lots
of action.I thought that it was very
good if you happen to like action movies.Have a good day and peace to all.Lew